Gabriela Mistral

Esta novela es la incursión del escritor en el mundo de las letras, con esto quiso probarse a sí mismo, que a pesar de los impedimentos culturales podría crear la fantasía de ser escritor, y así poder escribir las vivencias ocurridas en su encuentro con la cruda realidad que viven esas criaturas indefensas e inocentes, conocidos como “niños de la calle” Su cruzada es muy difícil y a través de este escrito quisiera influenciar a personajes de esta moderna sociedad, que de una manera sistemática o fortuita a influido en el sufrimiento de estas personitas inocentes, que trajeron a...

Many thought of her as Queen Nancy. Others as the Dragon Lady. But for millions of Americans, Nancy Reagan was the always-smiling and deeply admiring presidential spouse who stood by her man; that image lingers still in the touching picture of a bereaved widow at her husband's casket. Nancy Reagan has stirred passionate defenders and acerbic critics in many books and the media. James Benze, however, is the first biographer to discuss the effect of her acting background on her tenure as first lady. Unlike earlier biographers, he focuses on the way she applied her acting skills to meet the...

El crítico de cine Juan Piqueras, figura clave en la introducción de la cultura cinematográfica de vanguardia en España, se despidió de su pareja Ketty González en un andén de la estación de Orsay, en París, a mediados de julio de 1936. Iba cargado con una maleta repleta de libros y ejemplares de su revista Nuestro Cinema, en donde publicaron Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Béla Balázs, Joris Ivens y René Clair, entre muchos otros. Ella volvió a su casa de la Rue Broca con el presentimiento de que le acababa de decir adiós al presente luminoso que tanto les había costado...

In this harrowing and hilarious memoir, Jennette McCurdy, star of the television series iCarly and Sam & Cat, recounts her struggles as a child actress -- eating disorders, addictions and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother -- and how she regained control of her life. This life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she first auditioned for her to act. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star and Jennette would have done anything to make her mother happy. So she did what her mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five...